WORLD (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

7:30 am

Closing The Gap"Skipping Up/Still Segregated"
"Skipping Up" - Set primarily in Mark Twain Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, Skipping Up follows a group of eighth graders as they finish their year in the Middle School Partners Program, a new and highly successful dropout-prevention project that helps students who were previously behind catch up quickly. Students in the program have seen their chances of dropping out fall from 90% to 10% while their tests scores in many cases exceed that of their peers, and it has generated national interest as a model for schools with significant Latino populations. From the PBS series AMERICAN GRADUATE: VAMOS A LOGRARLO! SHORTS. D

European Journal"Russia: Scorched Earth"
Switzerland: Initiative against immigration - Switzerland is about to hold a vote on immigration caps. If quotas for immigrants are set, this would also affect many EU residents and could threaten existing agreements with the European Union. The initiative was started by the Swiss People's Party. D

11:00 am

Independent Lens"Soul Food Junkies"
Baffled by his dad's reluctance to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn more about this culinary tradition and it's relevance to black cultural identity. The African American love affair with soul food is deep-rooted, complex, and in some tragic cases, deadly. This film puts this culinary tradition under the microscope to examine both its benefits and consequences. D

12:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Winter Survival"
The Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit makes a dramatic rescue of a hypothermic skier. Then, the program demonstrates how to build snow shelters and fires in winter conditions.G

Education of Harvey Gantt
The pivotal story of a young black man who enrolled at Clemson College in 1963, making him the first African American accepted to a white school in South Carolina. The absence of drama or violence surrounding Gantt's enrollment was the result of nearly two years of detailed preparation and planning on the part of college administrators, state politicians and business leaders.G

1:30 pm

Closing The Gap"Skipping Up/Still Segregated"
"Skipping Up" - Set primarily in Mark Twain Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, Skipping Up follows a group of eighth graders as they finish their year in the Middle School Partners Program, a new and highly successful dropout-prevention project that helps students who were previously behind catch up quickly. Students in the program have seen their chances of dropping out fall from 90% to 10% while their tests scores in many cases exceed that of their peers, and it has generated national interest as a model for schools with significant Latino populations. From the PBS series AMERICAN GRADUATE: VAMOS A LOGRARLO! SHORTS. D

Independent Lens"Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Free at Last"
A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

5:00 pm

NOVA"Roman Catacomb Mystery"
Beneath the streets of modern Rome lies a labyrinth of tunnels lined with ancient tombs. Researchers find a mysterious mass grave that is nearly 2,000 years old. The forensic investigation opens new insights into the daily life and health of Roman citizens during the empire.G

6:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Winter Survival"
The Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit makes a dramatic rescue of a hypothermic skier. Then, the program demonstrates how to build snow shelters and fires in winter conditions.G

Nightly Business Report
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, stocks have their best four-day winning streak in almost two years as the new head of the Federal Reserve says she'll continue her predecessor's accommodative strategy. And, why are food companies warning of tough times ahead?. D